How To Install subtle on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install subtle on Kali Linux.

What is subtle

subtle is:

Grid-based manual tiling window manager with a strong focus on easy but customizable look and feel.

In comparison to other tiling window managers, subtle has no automatic tiling of the screen size in any way. Instead, windows are arranged according to positions inside of a grid. These positions are called gravities.

There are three methods to install subtle on Kali Linux. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install subtle Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install subtle using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install subtle

Install subtle Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install subtle using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install subtle

Install subtle Using aptitude

If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude on Kali Linux first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Kali Linux. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

After updating apt database, We can install subtle using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install subtle

How To Uninstall subtle on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the subtle package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove subtle

Uninstall subtle And Its Dependencies

To uninstall subtle and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove subtle

Remove subtle Configurations and Data

To remove subtle configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge subtle

Remove subtle configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove subtle configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge subtle

Dependencies

subtle have the following dependencies:

• libc6
• libruby2.7
• libx11-6
• libxft2
• libxinerama1
• libxpm4
• libxrandr2

References

• subtle website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install subtle package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.